Cairo Reps Go the Extra Mile to Talk About Difficult Family Issues

In August, two Reps from Cairo found a creative way to talk about difficult family issues with mothers participating in Not Alone, the flagship program of Coptic Orphans. “What we could not communicate before we now saw openly discussed,” one rep commented afterwards.

The Reps had often noticed the challenge of addressing ways in which family life could be improved for participating mothers and their children. They decided to gather mothers together for a workshop in which the mothers dramatically act out various scenarios touching on different family life dynamics and then talk together about the skit afterwards. The mothers talked about various issues such as discipline techniques, involvement in their child’s life, and talking constructively with their children about the death of their fathers.

In the skits and discussions, many mothers had moments of realization about their own family life and learned practical ways to improve their relationships with their children from the Reps and from one another.

Coptic Orphans has always believed that we learn best from one another. We build this participatory approach into everything we do. Our Reps work together and share with one another to encourage creativity, and nurture the creative resources that every participating child or family in our program has for positive change.

Help us reach more fatherless families in Egypt with resources for creative change.